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ECLAC raises Latin America’s growth outlook for 2021 to 4.1%

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has slightly improved the region's growth outlook for 2021 to 4.1%, an average higher than the 3.7% projected by the organization last December.

This was announced on Thursday by ECLAC's executive secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who, however, pointed out that the improvement is not enough to neutralize the drop suffered in the region due to the pandemic and return to pre-covid-19 levels.

"The region contracted 7.1 % in 2020, it is going to grow 4.1 % this year, we estimate . . .

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